Hurricane Hits England
In the first cluster of shots, the director immediately establishes
the setting by showing the wallpaper and swaying chandelier in the
room. The swaying chandelier is shown for a few seconds, and then the
camera immediately focuses on the swinging swings. The director has
shown the strength of the hurricane by using inanimate objects, moving
without anyone pushing them.
In the background, a narration of the poem by Grace Nichols is heard:
"The howling ship of the wind". This is shown by a ship in a glass
bottle falling, and smashing. Once again, this represents the strength
of the hurricane. Moving on from the close up of the ship in the glass
bottle breaking, the director shows the hurricane's "gathering rage".
This is shown by fast pace shots, from one shot to another, showing
objects around the house breaking, and moving at free will. Tension
begins to build as the hurricane's rage gathers, and builds up a sense
of fear and panic to the viewer.
After showing a series of fast pace shots, the camera shows a close up
of masks, hung up by strings, swinging. "Talk to me Huracan
Talk to me Oya
Talk to me Shango
And Hattie" These are the Caribbean gods, and are being represented by
the masks. The reason the director has chosen to show the gods in this
manner is because the gods are said to have a secret identity.
In the visualisation of the poem, the speaker is shown by a young
mixed race girl, "Tell me why you visit
An English coast?" When this is said, the camera shows the speaker
filling a glass of water, however, the water spills out. This is
representing the English coastal sea being ...
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...e director shows this by
using a high angle, top shot. This makes the viewer seem more superior
to her, and therefore the viewer feels that they are the Caribbean
gods, and the speaker is talking to them.
The speaker wants to ride the "mystery of your storm" and the director
shows this using the speaker to wave her arms around, letting herself
feel free as she is reminded of her homeland.
"Ah, sweet mystery,
Come to break the frozen lake in me,
Shaking the foundations of the very trees within me,
Come to let me know
That the earth is the earth is the earth." At this point, the speaker
lies down on the bed, with a smile on her face. She feels content,
gladdened and relaxed that she knows where she is. We see a close-up
of her face smiling, as once again, her face is illuminated by the
lightening.
The only landmarks available to the eye are dozens of miles of ocean waves, occasionally broken up by an ocean going freighter or container ship that might sometime plod past the area, on their way inbo...
The author shows the reader the sea just as the sailor does as death, but more than death
Hurricane Season, directed by Tim Story, follows a high school basketball coach named Al Collins, played by Forest Whitaker, who builds a team of players around the Louisiana area that were affected by the devastating Hurricane Katrina, and leads them to a state championship. On the way, Coach Collins encounters many obstacles, such as where to play, trying to recruit players and keeping them from joining other teams, and also negative influences in the locker room. All of these issues they faced kept them motivated and helped the team become more of a cohesive unit and winners.
to see by a passing ship when it was lit. In doing all this, they were
Some of the most intriguing stories of today are about people’s adventures at sea and the thrill and treachery of living through its perilous storms and disasters. Two very popular selections about the sea and its terrors are The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger and “The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Longfellow. Comparison between the two works determines that “The Wreck of the Hesperus” tells a more powerful sea-disaster story for several different reasons. The poem is more descriptive and suspenseful than The Perfect Storm, and it also plays on a very powerful tool to captivate the reader’s emotion. These key aspects combine to give the reader something tangible that allows them to relate to the story being told and affects them strongly.
Somehow I related to this painting at the moment. Looking back in the distance in the sky you see that there was a turbulent time. Saturday was such an awful morning. When backing up you see the bottom of the picture. The lush lively flowers show the bright side happy ending. This was my reminder that there is a calm after the storm just like in the picture.
Yet as all younglings do, the hurricane drifted away from its progenitors. Borne upon its own winds, the hurricane whirled westward at speeds between 12 and 15 miles per hour (Longshore). It was like a newborn foal discovering its legs for the first time and thus altogether too eager to move of its own volition. A sense of wanderlust for the world infused the entity’s essence.
The ship is a swordfishing vessel that has been cursed to get the worst amount fish and be stuck in storms. The boat stands to symbolize the foreshadowing of the crew member's death but they choose to ignore it. I chose to put pictures of the shipwreck to symbolize the devastation. This picture proves the theories of many Gloucester citizens; The boat was capsized by a massive wave.
stands out most in line 133. "The ship foamed through the sea like a bird..."
I chose the art piece entitled An American Ship in Distress because it looks pretty amazing. Another reason I chose to analyze this piece as opposed to the others is because it was the piece I liked the most, therefore making me analyze it more closely and discover other aspects of the work would make me appreciate it more. I also chose this because I enjoy being on boats and this really caught my attention. In this art work it shows a ship being tossed around by the stormy ocean waves. The artist who painted this piece is named Thomas Birch. The medium is an oil painting on canvas. This painting was made in 1841 and it’s from the Putnam Foundation. This work does fit into a genre and it’s a waterscape.
He is comapring the sea surface to glass because of how calm and melancholy it is.
As you walk in the front door you find yourself standing in front of a glass
Fear has taken a hold of every man aboard this ship, as it should; our luck is as far gone as the winds that led us off course. For nights and days gusts beyond measure have forced us south, yet our vessel beauty, Le Serpent, stays afloat. The souls aboard her, lay at the mercy of this ruthless sea. Chaotic weather has turned the crew from noble seamen searching for glory and riches, to whimpering children. To stay sane I keep the holy trinity close to my heart and the lady on my mind. Desperation comes and goes from the men’s eyes, while the black, blistering clouds fasten above us, as endless as the ocean itself. The sea rocks our wood hull back and forth but has yet to flip her. The rocking forces our bodies to cling to any sturdy or available hinge, nook or rope, anything a man can grasp with a sea soaked hand. The impacts make every step a danger. We all have taken on a ghoulish complexion; the absence of sunlight led the weak souls aboard to fight sleep until sick. Some of us pray for the sun to rise but thunder constantly deafens our cries as it crackles above the mast. We have been out to sea for fifty-five days and we have been in this forsaken storm for the last seventeen.
would be a jet boat. If it was possible to see through the hull of a jet boat
Hurricanes occur all over the world, at different times, but commonly through June first and late November. However in late August 2005 a catastrophic hurricane struck. This was Hurricane Katrina. With winds traveling over one hundred miles per hour making it a category five on the Saffir- Simpson Hurricane Scale it was said to have cause billions of dollars’ worth of damage. Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly forty thousand homes, and killed at least two thousand people (“Hurricane”). An average category five hurricane has enough energy to power street lamps for more than twenty seven thousand hours (Williams 58). Knowing about Hurricane Katrina, and the devastation of the city in New Orleans would be beneficial. Also, general information on hurricanes can help civilians and people of higher authority better understand and prepare for damage that could once hit their town and community. Because experts know the general information on these storms they can help explain to the public why and how Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes occur. Hopefully, in the future civilians will know and use this information to their advantage against hurricanes.